The New York Times Crossword
Rich Katz of Park City, Utah, does freelance work in corporate restructuring. Rich was ruminating on the expression “two wrongs don’t make a right.’’ One thing led to another, then another. This punny puzzle was the result.
ACROSS
1 Pulled one’s pants up?
7 Group of mimes, maybe
13 Neither crushed it nor got
crushed
18 Revenue source for a
website
19 Excitement
20 Really bad
21 But wait!
23 One of the Wayans brothers
24 Output of Michel de
Montaigne
25 Asian honorific
26 Bone insert following an
accident
27 In the past
28 She shares a home with Homer
Small plateau
Broad key
Pig
Potato, in Indian cooking Buffoon
To peace!
Totally phat Nail-polish brand Queen’s accessory “Star Wars’’ queen
Go ____
Classic Greek archetype? Word for word, in Paris? Holy Week
Get ready
Place to drop off a package With 2-Down, end of the Gettysburg address? Wipe clean
Lhasa ____
Pointer
“E pluribus unum’’ appears on one
Crushed (it)
“The Glass Bead Game’’ author
Lipa who sang “Levitating’’ Martini ingredient
Text tweaks
Air rights
“Cool’’ that’s no longer cool Mind-numbing detail Skip a party, in a way French cosmetics chain Coming ’round again Padre’s hermana Psychedelic dose
Bare feet
Snoop
Ones who get setters better?
Surface alternative
One praised at the Kaaba Actress Rowlands
One winging it?
“And so on’’ Professional connections Guacamole or tahini Air-____ (extra-secure, as a computer)
“How considerate!’’ 31 33 35 36 37 38 41 43 44 45 47 50 54 55 58 59 61
62 63 65 66
69 70
72 74 76 77 79 82 84 85 87 89 90 91 96 98
99 100 101 103 104 105 106 108
110 112 We won!
117 Goes “bottoms up’’?
118 Brainstorms
119 Beethoven work once called
the “Bonaparte’’ Symphony
120 Impatiently agitated
121 Volkswagen model
122 One of eight in a V8
DOWN
1 Visit to the Kaaba
2 See 61-Across
3 Certain web portal
4 Deliver (on), as a promise
5 Beethoven wrote a piece
“für’’ her
6 Relaxation spots
7 Lock
8 Spoil
9 Yours and mine
10 Loan shark
11 Grilled sandwich on Italian
bread
12 Part of a Western herd
13 You might get it for a lot
14 “____ been thinking …”
15 Peak once known as Mount
McKinley
16 First state to legalize
psychedelic mushrooms
17 “Star Wars’’ Jedi
19 “Mmm, I see what you’re
saying’’
20 Hershey toffee confection
22 Scottish toppers
26 Commit a holiday-etiquette
no-no 28 Term of address that becomes less formal when its middle letter is removed
29 Enterprise alternative
30 Flew by
32 Have ambitions
34 One of its uses is boring
35 One doing kickflips and
ollies, in slang
37 Red-faced
39 Exhaust … or something
found near the exhaust
40 Wrathful
42 Yoga equipment
43 Memorable part of Rossini’s
“William Tell’’
46 First of five at the Globe
Theater
48 Toss in
49 Infuser contents
51 See in
52 Trick
53 Column that might lead to a
row?
56 Home-organizing guru
Marie
57 Focuses of some sonograms
60 Put on airs
63 [purposeful cough]
64 Salon treatment, for short
67 Book before Obadiah
68 Like those at the top, it’s
said
71 Ingredient in perfumes
73 Early ISP
74 Using an e-cigarette 75 Delivery org.
77 Sources of winter strains
78 “You’ve got the wrong guy’’
80 Muse of love poetry
81 Blue Ribbon beer
83 Connective tissues in the
legs, informally
86 Some YouTube content, in
short
88 Real head-turner
91 Midday nap
92 “____ Girl’’ (Billy Joel hit)
93 Ketchup container, maybe
94 “Well, aren’t you the cat’s
meow!’’
95 Complains, complains,
complains
96 Manages to acquire, as a table at a popular restaurant
97 Bear whose porridge was
too hot
102 Everglades bird
103 _ _ _ _ dish
105 Like a leaky pen
107 Smartphone predecessors,
for short
109 Word with school or cook
111 1040 collector
112 Currency unit in Laos
113 Flight spec
114 Small problem
115 Lead-in to sphere or system
116 Sought office